Into the Valley

It has been a little while since I last posted. I am now writing from my parents' house where I will be for the next (almost) three weeks before I go to Korea. My to-do list here is quite small in comparison to the Minneapolis to-do list before I left:

-study for and take GRE
-unpack everything I brought here
-buy extra things that I am bringing to Korea that I haven't gotten already
-learn a bit of Korean
-repack for Korea

Pretty simple list for three weeks!

My goodbyes were all really hard and very tearful. I want to extend a huge huge HUGE thank you to all of my friends that came to last Friday's event, who tried (but couldn't make it because of the snow), who helped me get ready to go, and especially to my best friend in the whole world for helping me pack my life, sell it, destroy dispose of some pieces of furniture, being my emotional support, driving with me down to St. Louis through the worst road conditions imaginable (the snow wasn't that bad; it was maybe two inches TOPS. But instead of plowing the minute it stopped snowing, they waited hours to do the biggest highway in the area!), and for being one of the greatest people I  have ever known. 

But back to the other friends: they just rock. They all said such sweet things to me while I was sobbing in the VFW (go screw yourself and stop judging me, hipsters) and I can't imagine better friends and people in this world than my group in Minneapolis. I'm typically really bad at goodbyes but this provided a huge amount of closure and felt pretty good in a weird way. 

So now I'm here, living with my parents and my puppy, with pretty much nothing to do aside from study, for now. It honestly feels really good to not have anything else going on but we'll see how long this feeling lasts. I tend to get pretty restless.

I guess if I get bored, I can just reconfigure my Pack It Cubes and luggage again!